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November 4, 5 - Taurids Meteor Shower

The Taurids is an annual meteor shower associated with the comet Encke and is believed to come from the remnants of a much larger comet that broke apart years ago.

They are named after their radiant point in the constellation Taurus, where they are seen to come from in the sky.

The meteors or ‘shooting stars’ are the result of small particles, in some cases as small as a grain of sand, entering the Earth’s upper atmosphere and lighting up the nighttime as fast-moving streaks of light.

There are actually two streams of Taurid meteors. Both the South and North Taurids, which peak in November, are long, spread-out showers with no well-defined peak. The two showers tend to overlap and to plateau in activity during the first few weeks in November.

November 17, 18 - Leonids Meteor Shower

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in November.

The shower is called Leonids because its radiant or the point in the sky where the meteors seem to emerge from, lies in the constellation Leo.